[np] Bolano

[rich]

I think Bolano is really overrated. not that he's bad mind you but
alot of what I've read bored me to tears like the savage detectives
and at least half of 2666--tho the part of about the murders is very
effective and chilling mostly b/c the characters aren't poets or
writers or intellectuals who tend to drone on and on about this or
that poet or writer--its very insulated and doesn't breathe with any
sort of life. 2666 reads like it was written, rushed-some things stick
but not a majority
Nazi Literature in the Americas is mostly good and By Night in Chile
was the only other novel I could finish.


rich

On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Kai Frederik Lorentzen
<lorentzen at hotmail.de> wrote:
>
> Recently I read "El gaucho insufrible", a collection of short stories/essays,
> in German translation and wasn't that enthusiastic about it.
>
> What can I say? It's stylish and I read it (too?) quick. Yet for me Neo-Kafka
> and pomo-like quoting this then quoting that do not mix very well. There are
> too many writers doing this (having done this) these years.
>
> The first story ("Jim") is the best. About an US-American getting lost in
> Mexiko. But I don't think I'll invest a hundred Deutschmarks for "2666".
>
> Just my own impression. And then I cannot read Spanish, so ..
>
> KFL
>
>